Video: Bo Pelini holds up a cat at Nebraska's spring game

(Video via BTN)Bo Pelini appeared to be on the hot seat near the end of last season, but in one of the offseason's biggest surprises the Nebraska coach is winning over the internet. And as we all know, winning online hearts is the first step to winning actual real human hearts. (Pelini's contract was extended through 2018 in March.)

Before the Cornhuskers' spring game on Saturday, Pelini entered with a cat, as a not-so-subtle hat tip to @FauxPelini. This wasn't the first time Pelini acknowledged his Twitter alter ego. He asked for his cat back during the BCS national championship.